Marina Filatova
Official biography
Date of birth: 10.07.1973
Marina was born in Russia, in the Vladimir region, in a very small provincial town of Aleksandrov, which is very similar to Novomoskovsk. My mother is from Ukraine, near Mariupol, and my father is from Russia.
The future wife of the mayor of Dnipro did quite well at school, but she was not a medalist. When the question of entering a higher education institution arose, they decided to move to Dnipro. Here, at the age of 17, she entered the Dnipro State University, Faculty of History. She lived with her aunt on Ukrainska Street.
She is an athlete, owns a sportswear store, and is the head of the Dnipro Athletics Federation.
Family.
Her husband, Borys Filatov, is a controversial mayor of Dnipro.
Daughter — Ekaterina Filatova
Compromising material
Wife of Dnipro mayor is being publicized for budget money
As part of the paid coverage of the work of the city authorities, the Dnipro city budget pays for the placement of TV programs featuring Marina Filatova, the wife of Mayor Boris Filatov.
Despite the fact that Marina Filatova has no official connection to the city government. The respective airtime certificates were provided by private entrepreneur Roman Bilyi, who is responsible for the placement of PR materials of the Dnipro City Hall. In particular, Nobel TV aired a movie about a healthy lifestyle with Filatova and a commercial. In addition, the Region TV and Radio Company aired the movie «Jogging with Maryna Filatova» several times and aired commercials with the mayor’s wife.
Dnipro mayor says money is being extorted “for marathons” on behalf of his wife
According to Dnipro Mayor Boris Filatov, one of the activists is extorting money from businessmen to hold marathons in the city on behalf of the mayor’s wife, Marina Filatova, who heads the city’s athletics federation. The mayor of Dnipro wrote about this on his social media page. “And another activist scum is running around the city’s businesses and collecting money for marathons under the name of my wife (!), threatening to cancel land allotments,” Filatov said. He did not specify the name of the extortionist, but threatened that “the return will come sooner or later for sure.” As a reminder, Marina Filatova is known for her personal participation in running marathons held in Dnipro.
The mayor of Dnipro explained that his wife traveled to the United States separately from him
Dnipro Mayor Borys Filatov admitted that his wife Marina Filatova was also there during his business trip to the United States, but assured that the trips were not related.
“Indeed, my wife was in the United States, but we did not even cross paths with her. It turned out that I was flying to New York, and she was returning from New York at that moment, on a private trip,” Filatov said on TV. According to the mayor, his wife was in New York on a private visit, and she could afford it. At the same time, he and his wife had not seen each other for almost 20 days.
As reported by Novyny Dnepra, in early April, Dnipro Mayor Borys Filatov went on a business trip to the United States. Around the same time, the Instagrams of his wife Marina Filatova and daughter Kateryna began to be simultaneously filled with photos from New York.
Wife of Dnipro mayor declares UAH 10 million in income
The wife of Dnipro Mayor Borys Filatov declared UAH 9.5 million in income from business activities in 2020. In 2020, the mayor of Dnipro earned UAH 200 thousand less than in 2019 — only UAH 368 thousand. He still owns land plots and a ticket for a suborbital flight, but he sold one of his SUVs. Filatov’s family received significant income from renting out property. It is about UAH 1.5 million. His wife, an entrepreneur, managed to earn UAH 921 thousand. PrJSC Energia brought Filatov dividends of UAH 9.5 million. Filatov keeps about UAH 1 million in cash and the same amount in dollars. The declaration states that Filatov owns an apartment in Dnipro with an area of 279.6 square meters, his wife Maryna Filatova owns an apartment in Kyiv with an area of 212.5 square meters, as well as an apartment in Dnipro.
Filatov owns a residential house with outbuildings and structures of 1395 square meters located in the village of Pidhorodne. His wife owns two land plots of 1378 and 442 square meters, and the mayor of Dnipro owns four land plots. The family has 10 parking spaces.
Filatov listed in his declaration the following cars: Mercedes S600L 2012, Jaguar XJS Convert 1989, Mercedes-Benz 200 1969, Dodge RAM 2008. The mayor also owns two motorcycles (Triumph Scrambler 2006 and Honda XR250 1999). His wife owns a 2012 Porsche Panamera, a 2008 Porsche Cayenne, and a 2007 Porsche Carrera 911. They also have a jet ski, a 2007 Eurocopter AS350B2 helicopter and a sailboat Rusych. Filatov owns shares in Ternopiloblenergo, IPP Energia, Lvivoblenergo, Poltavaoblenergo, Chernihivoblenergo, and Oblenergovydobuvannya. The mayor of Dnipro has 990 thousand hryvnias in cash, more than 1 million dollars, and 114.6 thousand hryvnias in his bank account.
Summary
Filatova, being the wife of an odious mayor, enjoys all the benefits of his position. In particular, her PR activities are paid for by the city budget. She also enjoys vacationing with her husband in expensive hotels and traveling around the world, and it is possible that she does this with the help of budget funds.